The Power of Saving Wisdom: An Investigation of Spirit & Wisdom in Relation to the Soteriology of the Fourth Gospel (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament II:148)

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
2. Overview of Contemporary Johannine Scholarship......Page 14
2.1.1. Salvation......Page 15
2.1.2. Faith......Page 23
2.1.3. Salvation and Realized Eschatology......Page 25
Excursus 1: A Post-Eastern Hermeneutic and a Pre-Easter Reality?......Page 28
2.2.1. Jesus as, and in Relation to, Wisdom......Page 31
2.2.2. Knowledge/Wisdom......Page 36
2.3. Spirit, Salvation, W/wisdom......Page 38
2.4. Conclusion......Page 45
3. Thesis......Page 48
Part I. The Conceptual Background to John's Pneumatic Wisdom Soteriology......Page 54
1. Introduction......Page 55
2. Overview of Scholarship......Page 57
3. Proverbs......Page 64
4. Sirach......Page 68
5. Wisdom of Solomon......Page 74
6. Philo......Page 84
7. Qumran......Page 96
8. Conclusion......Page 105
Excurus 2: Πνευμα -- A Conceptual Relation of Some of Its Senses in the LXX......Page 110
Part II. John's Pneumatic Wisdom Soteriology......Page 114
1. Introduction......Page 115
2. The Fourth Gospel -- Some Pertinent Introductory Issues......Page 116
3. A Thematic and Conceptual Approach to the Johannine Soteriological Language......Page 123
3.1. The Identity and Mission of the Father and Son and Their Relationship......Page 125
3.2. People's Perception of and Responses to Jesus......Page 137
3.3. People in Relationship with the Father and Son......Page 148
3.4. Discipleship......Page 152
4. The Role of Belief in Salvation......Page 155
4.1. Belief and the Cross......Page 156
4.2. Belief and Signs......Page 158
5. The Role of Jesus as Wisdom in Salvation......Page 161
6. The Role of the Spirit in Salvation......Page 162
7. A Model of John's Pneumatic Wisdom Soteriology......Page 164
8. Conclusion......Page 170
2. The Spirit upon Jesus......Page 173
2.1. Jesus Endowed with the Spirit......Page 174
2.2. Jesus Speaks the Words of God......Page 177
2.3. The Significance of the Spirit upon Jesus......Page 178
3. The Spirit and Salvation -- The Spirit as Life-Giving Cognitive Agent......Page 180
3.1. Entrance into Salvation -- The Birth of the Spirit......Page 181
3.2. The Offer of Living Water......Page 194
3.3. The Spirit Gives Life......Page 209
4. Conclusion......Page 221
1. Introduction......Page 226
2. The Concept of the Paraclete......Page 228
2.1. The Meaning and Background of the Paraclete......Page 229
2.2. The Paraclete and Jesus......Page 232
3.1. The Paraclete as the Means of a Relationship-Friendship with the Father and Son......Page 234
3.2. The Paraclete as 'Spirit of T/truth'......Page 238
3.3. The Paraclete as Teacher/Revealer......Page 241
3.4. The Paraclete as Advocate......Page 247
3.5. The Availability of Salvation......Page 255
3.6. Conclusion......Page 256
4.1. The Paraclete as a Life-Giving Cognitive Agent in Relation to the Disciples/Believers......Page 257
4.2. The Paraclete as a Life-Giving Cognitive Agent in Relation to the World......Page 259
5. Conclusion......Page 260
Part III. Conclusions and Recommendations......Page 262
1. Conclusions......Page 263
Excursus 3: An Outline of Aspects of the Sitz im Leben of the Johannine Community......Page 264
Excursus 4. An Evaluation of the Continuity between Our Models of Salvation in Sapiental Judaism and in the Fourth Gospel......Page 266
2. Recommendations for Further Research......Page 268
Appendices......Page 270
Appendix 1. The Soteriological Language of the Johannine Literature: Occurrences......Page 271
Appendix 2. The Soteriological Language of the Johannine Literature: Statistics......Page 275
1. Reference Works and Sources......Page 277
3. Other Literature......Page 278
Old Testament......Page 295
Apocrypha......Page 298
Qumran......Page 302
Philo......Page 304
Rabbinic Literature......Page 306
New Testament......Page 307
Index of Authors......Page 316
Index of Subjects......Page 321
Index of Greek Words......Page 329